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For me, it’s CAD software. FreeCAD is trash (sorry, lovers). Fusion360 is honestly the best out there for free. The “almost there” app is Shapr3D, but fuck $40/m.

And yes I’ve tried all the others not listed here.

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[–] kibblebits@quokk.au 2 points 13 hours ago (2 children)

Oh and it’s monthly too? That’s the worst. For CAD I only print something like once or twice per month. I cannot justify any cost monthly.

Have you tried any of the Elegoo.com products? I know nothing about resin printing, but they supposedly support it

[–] papalonian@lemmy.world 2 points 10 hours ago

My filament printer is actually from them. I have a love-hate relationship with that machine. It's like, 20% stock at this point, and it isn't the fastest or the cleanest printer out there, but it works well enough.

I'm not aware of a resin slicer made by them, but without doing the research, my guess would be that it's relatively subpar. I haven't been resin printing for terribly long, but once or twice a year I'll go online to see if there is any discussion of better alternatives to Lychee or Chitu, and the conversation has always stayed the same. Everyone is in the same boat in that those two programs are the only really viable options, despite being.. not great.

[–] finalarbiter@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 12 hours ago

Can't speak to Elegoo's product line, but I have an Anycubic Photon Mono M5S and it's been pretty reliable for the 3 or so years I've owned it. Anycubic also has a branded slicer that's serviceable and free to use, I think it's a fork from chitubox but not 100% sure.